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links for 2008-03-16

March 17th, 2008 by timelady

• Radio and TV Personality Adam Carolla To Take on Top Gear
  oh dear. bet the au one sucks more.
  (tags: topgear)
• ITworld.com - The seven dirtiest jobs in IT
  Here are seven of the dirtiest jobs in IT, and why your organization needs them.
  (tags: jobs IT tech geek)
• SPACE.com — How to Get to Alpha Centauri
  If the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, does harbor rocky planets similar to Earth as new findings suggest, there exist a host of ways to get us there, in theory.
  (tags: space interstellar travel universe science)
• An Amazing Mind: The REAL reason we use Linux
  We tell people we use Linux because it’s secure. Or because it’s free, because it’s customizable, because it’s free (the other meaning), because it has excellent community support. But we say that because they wouldn’t understand the real reason….
  (tags: advocacy linux opensource funny propaganda article fun cool interesting essay commentary)
• ABC News: What You Don’t Know About Living in Space
  Over the years, living in space has forced astronauts to make a few concessions to things you would not give a second thought about when staying at a Holiday Inn. Here are a fews things you may not have known about living in space.
  (tags: space nasa funny iss 2008)
• Build A Digital Music Server - Wired How-To Wiki
  CDs are fine things for listening to and archiving, but they’re bulky. Think of all the shelf space you could free up if that digital music resided on one little hard drive rather than hundreds of boxed-up plastic discs.
  (tags: music server howto audio media mp3 diy network)
• Google Open Source Blog: “Look! Actual Code!”
  An amazing AJAX tool that allows you to see the code for google opensource projects as you go. well worth a look:)
  (tags: google code opensource repository search svn review ide)

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